Conferences and Paper Presentations
18 March 2022
Interconnected Worlds of Electronics Global Production Networks After the Pandemic
By Professor Henry Yeung, Distinguished Professor
My NUS Department of Geography Seminar delivered via Zoom, 18 March 2022: Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RSyvtBUhaNg
17 November 2021
Global Production Networks and the Future of Special Economic Zones
By Professor Henry Yeung, Distinguished Professor
Global Production Networks and the Future of Special Economic Zones, In-person keynote delivered at the IFEZ Global Business Frontier Forum on “Innovative Hub City in Global Production Networks”, Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, Incheon, South Korea. On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YQXKIMOPBo (38:45-1:51:00).
3 November 2020
Regional Studies Association Global China Webinar
By Professor Henry Yeung, Distinguished Professor
Interconnected Worlds of Electronics: Global Production Networks and East Asia, Invited Plenary at the Regional Studies Association Global China Webinar, 3 November 2020. On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBwUTCrxE-M
29 April 2020
Regional Studies Annual Lecture 2020
By Professor Henry Yeung, Distinguished Professor
Published as ‘Regional worlds: from related variety in regional diversification to strategic coupling in global production networks’, Regional Studies, 2021, Vol.55. Open-access and free download. On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY4iQGsO1zg
24-28 July 2018
5th Global Conference on Economic Geography 2018
Prof Neil M. Coe (National University of Singapore)
Session Chair: Radicalising Global Production Networks: Labour and GPN;
Thinking through services in, and as, global production networks
Paper presentations: The Evolving Geographies and Practices of International Online Retail Business Model Expansion;
Making the connections, but under pressure: the logistics industry in Asia Assoc Prof Godfrey Yeung (National University of Singapore)
Paper presentation: Lead firms or system suppliers: A case for ‘practice-oriented’ approaches? Asst Prof Karen Lai (National University of Singapore)
Session Chair: Business services in financial globalisation;
(Panel) Ten years after the global financial crisis: critical reflections on finance and economy
Paper presentations: The finance-ABS nexus: intersection of law firms and investment banking in financial practice;
Finance’s hydra: an economic geography of FinTech Dr Carlo Inverardi-Ferri (National University of Singapore)
Session Chair: Radicalising Global Production Networks: GPN and power relations;
Radicalising Global Production Networks: Labour and GPN;
Radicalising Global Production Networks: Production networks and value creation;
(Panel) Radicalising Global Production Networks
Paper presentation: Strategic coupling: processes of economic integration
University of Cologne, Germany
23-25 June 2018
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Conference 2018
Speaker: Henry Yeung (National University of Singapore)
Discussion on authored book: “Strategic Coupling: East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy” Speaker: Karen Lai(National University of Singapore)
Presented papers on: “Philanthro-Capitalism, Social Enterprises and Global Development”
Speaker: Kurtulus Gemici(National University of Singapore)
Presented papers on:
“Organizational Identity and Network Coordination of Finance in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan”
Doshisha University (Imadegawa campus), Kyoto
1 June 2018
Frontiers of global production network research
Speaker: Neil M. Coe (National University of Singapore)
Presentation to the 7th Cross Strait Conference on Economic Geography
National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
Photos of the sessions can be perused here.
24 April 2018
Making the Connections, but Under Pressure:
The Logistics Industry in the Asia-Pacific
Speaker: Neil M. Coe (National University of Singapore) invited presentation at the 12th IRS International Lecture on Society and Space,
Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)
Photos of the sessions can be perused here.
10 – 14 APR 2018
American Association of Geographers
AAG Annual Meeting, New Orleans
Panel Discussions – Professor Henry Yeung
on ‘Relational approaches to cities in globalization’,
and on ‘Writing and Publishing about China’ Presentation – Associate Professor Godfrey Yeung
“Made in China 2025” and the development of new energy vehicles production networks in China
2 APR 2018
Corporate social responsibility in global production networks
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Speaker: Carlo Inverardi-Ferri (National University of Singapore)
14 NOV 2017
Closed-door dialogue with and invited presentation to Madam Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, on the theme of “The New Economy in Asia”
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Monetary Authority of Singapore
View Key Notes.
Photos of the sessions can be perused here.
29 AUG – 1 SEP 2017
RGS-IBG Conference
Royal Geographical Society, London
The GPN@NUS Centre organised a series of six sessions at the 2017 RGS-IBG Conference under the theme of ‘Advancing global production networks research: progress and prospects’. The sessions were co-sponsored by three leading journals – Economic Geography, Environment and Planning A and the Journal of Economic Geography. The programme opened with a plenary lecture by Prof. Adrian Smith (QMUL) entitled ‘Global production networks and the political economy of contemporary capitalism’ which was followed by a panel session (panelists: Stephanie Barrientos, Gavin Bridge, Ben Derudder, Alex Hughes and Henry Yeung) and four paper sessions exploring a range of cutting-edge issues in GPN research, including issues of strategic coupling, labour and environment.
Photos of the sessions can be perused here.
18-19 MAR 2017
Australasian Trade Workshop 2017
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Thomas Zylkin (2017), Feeding China’s Rise: The Growth Effects of Trading with China, 1993-2011 (Paper Presentation) | Conference Slides
14 FEB 2017
Global production networks 2.0 and the geographies of labour
Speaker: Neil Coe (National University of Singapore), invited keynote lecture to the GPN-Labour Workshop (Global production networks in the spotlight: chains or opportunities for workers?), Macquarie University, Australia
Photos of the workshop can be perused here.
27 FEB 2017
Rethinking East Asia in the New Global Economy
Speaker: Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (Department of Geography, National University of Singapore) invited presentation to a seminar organised by the University of California, Berkeley
23 FEB 2017
GW-CIBER GLOBAL BUSINESS FORUM: East Asia’s role in the New Global Economy: Economy, Politics and US Investment
Speaker: Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (Department of Geography, National University of Singapore) invited presentation to GW-CIBER GLOBAL BUSINESS FORUM: East Asia’s role in the New Global Economy organised by The George Washington University with the support of The Growth Dialogue, Korean Management Institute, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Department of International Business
13 FEB 2017
Rethinking East Asia in the New Global Economy
Speaker: Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (Department of Geography, National University of Singapore) invited presentation to a seminar organised by The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
02-04 DEC 2016
Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Conference
Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Thomas Zylkin (2016), Feeding China’s Rise: The Growth Effects of Trading with China, 1993-2011 (Paper Presentation) | Conference Slides
14 OCT 2016
Call for Papers: Extra-regional Dynamics, Strategic Coupling and Regional Development Paths
Organisers: Stuart Dawley and Danny Mackinnon (CURDS, Newcastle University, UK); Henry Yeung and Godfrey Yeung (GPN@NUS, National University of Singapore); Asbjørn Karlsen and Markus Steen (Geography, NTNU).
14 JUL 2016
From GPN 1.0 to GPN 2.0: Reflections on an Academic Journey
Speaker: Neil Coe (National University of Singapore), plenary presentation to the 8th Summer Institute in Economic Geography, University of Kentucky, USA.
Photo of the seminar can be perused here.
9 – 11 MAY 2016
Global Value Chain: Opportunities for the Free Zone of the Future
Dubai, U.A.E.
2nd Annual International Conference & Exhibition
Speaker: Yeung, Henry Wai-chung, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
29 MAR – 2 APR 2016
American Association of Geographers
AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco
Panel Discussion on ‘Remaking the Global Economy
Panel Co-organizers: Assistant Professor Karen Lai & Associate Professor Godfrey Yeung; Panel Chair: Professor Henry Yeung
Yeung, Godfrey Kwok Yung (2016), 3PLs in the automobile-automotive GPN | Conference Slides
Lai, Karen Peak Yue (2016), Investment banking in global financial network | Conference Slides
Wong, Aidan Yew Fai (2016), Keeping the gears moving: Exploring the significance of Logistics provisions in the global economy | Conference Slides
Photo of the Workshop can be perused here.
18 – 19 MAR 2016
11th Australasian Trade Workshop
Institute for International Trade at The University of Adelaide, South Australia
Speaker: Dr Thomas Zylkin (2016), On the Widely Differing Effects of Free Trade Agreements: Lessons from Twenty Years of Trade Integration, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
23-25 FEB 2016
Inaugural DRUID-Asia 2016 Conference
Speaker: Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (Co-Director of the GPN@NUS Centre) talks about GPNs.
25 – 27 NOV 2015
Regional Studies Association China Conference 2015
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2015), Harmonious Development, Common Prosperity and the Transformation of Cities and Regions, Closing Plenary Speaker, Session 1 at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
12 – 15 NOV 2015
Financialization as Interorganzational Coupling and Gravitational Shift
Gemici, Kurtuluş (2015), Financialization as Interorganzational Coupling and Gravitational Shift, 40th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA), Baltimore, MD, USA
22 OCT 2015
Emerging economic geographies of retail globalization
Speaker: Neil Coe (National University of Singapore), invited presentation to the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies Seminar Series, Hong Kong Baptist University
15 OCT 2015
Towards GPN 2.0? Global production networks and economic development in an interconnected world
Speaker: Neil Coe (National University of Singapore), invited presentation to the Faculty Scholar-in-Residence Public Lecture Series, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University
Photos of the seminar can be perused here.
13 OCT 2015
Emerging economic geographies of retail globalization
Speaker: Neil Coe (National University of Singapore), invited presentation to the Faculty Scholar-in-Residence Public Lecture Series, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University
Photos of the seminar can be perused here.
23 – 24 SEP 2015
30th Pacific Economic Community Seminar: Improving Supply Chain Connectivity towards a Seamless Regional Community
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2015), Opportunities and Challenges of Integrating SMEs into Global Value Chains, Co-Speaker, Session 2, Taipei, Taiwan
23 SEP 2015
Global value chains/global production networks: organizing the global economy
Speaker: Neil Coe (National University of Singapore), invited lecture to the Department of Geography Visiting Speaker series, College of Territorial Resources and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
22 SEP 2015
Towards GPN 2.0? Global production networks and economic development in an interconnected world
Speaker: Neil Coe (National University of Singapore), invited presentation to the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Visiting Speaker Series, NIGLAS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
4 SEP 2015
Can Regional Australia Make It In Asia?
Speakers: Professor Henry Wai-chung Yeung (National University of Singapore), Carlo Gianelle (European Commission), Cr. Col Murray (Tamworth Regional Council)
2 SEP 2015
APEC SOM Dialogue on Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs)/Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
Sooyeon Kim, Session 2, “Exploring the Impact of Mega-Regionalism”, Cebu City, Philippines
31 AUG – 2 SEP 2015
Regional Studies Association Inaugural Australasian Conference 2015
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2015), Rethinking the Region & Regionalism in Australasia: Challenges & Opportunities for the 21st Century, Plenary Speaker, Session 1 at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
19 – 23 AUG 2015
Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography: Mapping Economies in Transition
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2015), Global Encounter, Pluralism, and Transformation in Economic Geography: A Plenary Conversation, Plenary Speaker, August 22, 2015 at Oxford University, United Kingdom
Coe, Neil Martin (2015), Consumption Economies, Key Theme Convener, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Lai, Karen Peak Yue (2015), Financialisation of everyday life, Major Theme Convener, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Yeung, Godfrey Kwok Yung (2015), Global Production Economies, Major Theme Convener, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Wong, Aidan Yew Fai (2015), Paper Presentation, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Photos of the GCEG 2015 can be perused here.
21 – 25 APR 2015
Emerging Real and Fictitious Geographies of Global Financial Networks I
Lai, Karen Peak Yue (2015),‘Alternative’ financial networks and spaces?, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, USA | Conference Slides
Topologies of Power: (Re-)Making Global Production Networks I
April 23, 2015
Wong, Aidan Yew Fai (2015),Struggles over value and survival: A case study of karung guni in the e-waste recycling network in Malaysia and Singapore, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, USA
20 APR 2015
Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis
Chor, Davin (2015), Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis, Department of Strategy and Policy Seminar at National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore
13 – 15 MAR 2015
Legacies of Development and Integration into Global Production Networks
Gemici, Kurtuluş (2015), Legacies of Development and Integration into Global Production Networks: The Cases of South Korea and Taiwan, Sociology of Development: 4th Annual Conference | Transformative Possibilities in the Global South at Brown University, Rhode Island USA
12 – 15 NOV 2014
Regional Science Policy & Practice
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2014), Regional Development in the Global Economy: A Dynamic Perspective of Strategic Coupling in Global Production Networks, Plenary Lecture at the North American Regional Science Council Washington, DC, USA
15 SEP 2014
Subnational/Regional Development through Strategic Coupling in Global Production Networks
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2014), Subnational/Regional Development through Strategic Coupling in Global Production Networks, Asian International Economists Network, Asian Development Bank. | View Photos 1 2
26 NOV 2013
Global Value Chains / Global Production Networks: Organizing the Global Economy
Coe, Neil Martin (2013), Global Value Chains / Global Production Networks: Organizing the Global Economy, Invited Presentation at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research’s National Economic Outlook Conference 2014-2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
5 OCT 2012
Governing the Global Economy: States, Networks, and the Rise of East Asian Economies
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2012), Governing the Global Economy: States, Networks, and the Rise of East Asian Economies, Third Global Lecture – Critical Reflections on Globalisation, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
26 JAN 2012
From Regional to Global Players: The Emergence of Asian Firms in the Global Economy
Yeung, Henry Wai-chung (2012), From Regional to Global Players: The Emergence of Asian Firms in the Global Economy, the LSE-NUS Public Lecture Series Presented at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK